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Figure Skating · Level 3: Pre-Intermediate · Sub-level 3.3

Edge Jumps

2 tests · 20 facts · updated 20 October 2026 · markdown

The Salchow, the loop and the Axel with its extra half turn.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1The Salchow and the loopTake a test

  1. The Salchow is an edge jump from a back inside edge, landing on a back outside edge of the other foot.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  2. A Salchow changes feet in the air: inside edge of one skate up, outside edge of the other skate down.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  3. No toe pick, no change of foot: the loop is all back outside edge, up and down on one skate.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  4. In German and Russian the loop is the Rittberger, after the skater credited with it.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  5. With no toe pick to help, the Salchow asks for strong edge control and precise timing.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  6. Edge jumps take off directly from the blade's edge, with no toe pick to vault from.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  7. Inside-edge take-offs belong to the Salchow, an edge jump, and the flip, a toe jump.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  8. A turn sets up the inside edge, the free leg swing lifts the skater, and the landing comes on the other skate.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  9. From a backward glide or three-turn the skater settles on the edge, springs from it alone and comes down on it again.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  10. 2S is a double Salchow. 2Lo is a double loop, 2T a double toe loop and 2A a double Axel.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · applied

Test 2The AxelTake a test

  1. The Axel is the only jump taken off forward, from a forward outside edge.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  2. Taking off forward and landing backward, the Axel carries an extra half turn: a single Axel is one and a half.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  3. The extra half turn makes a triple Axel three and a half revolutions.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  4. Forward off one skate, backward onto the other: the Axel ends like every jump, on a back outside edge.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  5. The panel treats the waltz jump as an Axel type, but one used only as a preparation for the next jump is not called.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  6. An inside Axel from the forward inside edge is not a listed jump and does not count as a jump element.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  7. The waltz jump, a half turn from a forward outside edge to a back outside edge, is the Axel's take-off without the extra rotation.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021); ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  8. Each extra revolution adds one to the count, and the Axel always keeps its additional half.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  9. The Axel steps forward onto an outside edge, swings up, adds the half turn and lands backward on the other foot.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  10. In C the skater faces the way of travel, a forward take-off, as only the Axel has. A, B and D move backward.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

Sources

ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (2026); ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27; ISU Handbook for Referees & Judges, Single and Pair Skating 2026/27; Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021). Original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Program requirements and scoring rules belong to the rules categories.

  • ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026)16
  • ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/273
  • Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021); ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026)1